[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Among certain North American Indian peoples: a person (usually a man) who is recognized as having adopted a gender role intermediate between those traditionally associated with men and women. Later also in extended use with reference to other societies.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Henry (1739–1824). Apparently from North American French bardache, † berdache, transferred use of French bardache, probably on account of European associations between transvestism and homosexuality